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After reviewing the evidence, the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs recommended making carisoprodol a Class C drug, testing for carisoprodol and its metabolite in all overdose cases, creating resources for health professionals about its dangers and clearly informing…

We at DB Recovery Resources sadly witnessed addiction treatment policies fail due to the disconnect between politicians’ promises and civil servants’ implementation (esp Drug Policy 2010). Now Professor Patrick Diamond of Queen Mary University of London reveals “the growth of…

On Monday 10 November, NIHR and the Office for Life Sciences plan to advance UK researchers to develop the skills to deliver innovative drug and alcohol addiction research, through UK wide career development, starting with this 45-minute webinar. See also…

“Porn destroys sex and nukes relationships. It makes ordinary men strange, twitchy, impotent losers, and it endangers and repels women, leaving us unsatisfied,” Poppy Sowerby posits in UnHerd. “Many women are learning to leave at the first sign of pornsickness.”

Outlawing drugs once known as ‘legal highs’ led to waves of violence, self-harm and suicide in prisons, according to the University of Sussex. The ban reduced NPS availability on average 32% but also led to a 38% rise in serious…

The film Unmasking Influence from the LSHTM Commercial Determinants Influence Group aims to show – using examples from the tobacco, food, alcohol and other industries – why addressing these harmful commercial determinants of health is the major public health issue…